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INTRODUCTION
Soil has been used as a construction material from time immortal. Being poor in mechanical properties, it has been
putting challenges to civil engineers to improve its properties depending upon the requirement which varies from site to
site. During last 25 years, much work has been done on strength deformation behaviour of fiber reinforced soil and it
has been established beyond doubt that addition of fibre in soil improves the overall engineering performance of soil.
Among the notable properties that improved are greater extensibility, small loss of post peak strength, isotropy in
strength and absence of planes of weakness. Fiber reinforced soil has been used in many countries in the recent past
and further research is in progress for many hidden aspects of it. Fiber reinforced soil is effective in all types of soils
(i.e. sand, silt and clay). Use of natural material such as Jute, coir, sisal and bamboo, as reinforcing materials in soil is
prevalent for a long time and they are abundantly used in many countries like India, Philippines, Bangladesh etc. The
main advantages of these materials are they are locally available and are very cheap. They are biodegradable and hence
do not create disposal problem in environment. Processing of these materials into a usable form is an employment
generation activity in rural areas of these countries. If these materials are used effectively, the rural economy can get
uplift and also the cost of construction can be reduced, if the material use leads to beneficial effects in engineering
construction. Of all the natural fiber Jute has highest tensile strength and withstand rotting and heat (Sen and Reddy,
2011). Studies have also shown that durability of natural fiber can be improved using coating of fiber with Phenol and
Bitumen which is easily available in these areas (Sivakumar Babu and Vasudevan 2008). Many studies have been
conducted relating to the behaviour of soil reinforced with randomly distributed fiber. Gray and Ohashi (1983)
conducted a series of direct shear tests on dry sand reinforced with different synthetic, natural and metallic fiber to
evaluate the effects of parameters such as fiber orientation, fiber content, fiber area ratios, and fiber stiffness on
contribution to shear strength. Based on the test results they concluded that an increase in shear strength is directly
proportional to the fiber area ratios and shear strength envelopes for fiber-reinforced sand clearly shows the existence
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2.60
26
NP
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44 %
52 %
4%
8
1.53
17.30
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60
90
Percentage of
Fiber by Dry
Weight of Soil
0%
0.25%
0.50%
0.75%
1%
0%
0.25%
0.50%
0.75%
1%
0%
0.25%
0.50%
0.75%
1%
15.62%
67.10%
72.69%
79.11%
88.98%
92.92%
97.36%
108.38%
117.26%
125.32%
141.11%
180.26%
20.55%
70.23%
74.13%
82.89%
90.13%
95.72%
103.94%
123.68%
122.53%
125.32%
150.32%
200.49%
IV. CONCLUSIONS
Based on the present investigation it is concluded that CBR value of soil increases with the inclusion of Jute fiber.
When the Jute fiber content is increases, the CBR value of soil is further increases and this increase is substantial at
fiber content of 1 %.
It was also found that preparation of identical soil samples for CBR test beyond 1 % of fiber content is not possible
and optimum fiber content was found to be 1 % by dry weight of soil.
It is also concluded that there is significant effects of length and diameter of fiber on the CBR value of soil.
The CBR value of soil increases with the increase in length and diameter of fiber.
The maximum increase in CBR value was found to be more than 200 % over that of plain soil at fiber content of 1 %
for fiber having diameter 2 mm and length 90 mm
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The authors are thankful to the Head of Civil Engineering Department for providing laboratory facilities for conducting
the tests. The help and support extended by Sri Rameshwer Bora, Laboratory Assistant of geotechnical engineering lab
are gratefully acknowledged.
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